YEAR                       EVENTS
 1957 - An agreement was entered into on 23rd January, with L.G.
 Hawkins
        & Co. Ltd., for the manufacture and marketing of Hawkins
 pressure
        cookers.
 
 1959 - Hawkins Cookers Ltd. was incorporated as a private limited
        company and converted into a public limited company on 1st
 Feb.
        1975.  Hawkins Cookers Ltd. manufacture Hawkins Pressure
 Cooker,
        Hawkins Idli Stands, and other domestic appliances.  It was
        promoted by H.D. Vasudeva.
 
 1971 - 19,500 bonus shares issued (4,000 shares on 31.5.67 - prop.
 8:1,
        3,000 shares on 26.69 - prop. 2:3 and 15,000 shares on 31.3.72
 -
        prop. 5:3).
 
 1973 - Under agreement dated 1st July, and 30th September, 1975
 between
        Pye and the Company, the Company was given the sole right to
        export Hawkins Universal pressure cookers to all the countries
 in
        the World and Pye were obliged to render services for
 marketing
        abroad.
 
      - PCA Engineers Ltd., is a subsidiary of the Company with a
 holding
        of 11 equity shares of Rs 100 each out of 21 equity shares
 issued
        by the subsidiary.
 
 1975 - 20,000 bonus shares issued in prop. 1:1.
 
 1978 - 24,000 bonus shares of Rs 100 each issued on 22.2.78 in prop.
        3:5.  Equity shares subdivided on 10.5.78.  1,80,000 No. of
        equity shares (prem. Rs 2.50 per share) then offered to the
        public in June/July 1978.
 
 1980 - 4,92,000 bonus shares issued in prop. 3:5.
 
 1981 - PCA Electricals Pvt. Ltd., was incorporated on 27th November,
 as
        an associated company.
 
 1982 - PCA Engineers Ltd. was a subsidiary company of Hawkins
 Cookers
        Ltd.
 
 1984 - 5,24,800 bonus shares issued in prop. 2:5.
 
 1985 - The Company privately placed 15% secured non-convertible
        debentures aggregating Rs 50 lakhs with UTI.  These
 debentures
        are redeemable at a premium of 5% in three equal installments
 at
        the end of the 6th, 7th and 8th years from the date of
 allotment.
 
      - `Hawkins' and `Hawkins Universal' are trade marks owned and
        registered by Pye (Electronic Products) Ltd.
 
 1986 - Effective from 1st September, the Company's name was changed
 from
        Pressure Cookers & Appliances Ltd., to Hawkins Cookers Ltd.
 
 1987 - New model pressure cookers under the brand name `Hawkins
 Contura'
        were well received in the market.  The Company introduced
 high
        quality spice blends during the period and it proposed to
 expand
        the distribution of spices.
 
 1990 - The Company added Tave (Griddle) and the Cook-n-Serve bowl to
 its
        cookware range.  Also, Hawkins Toy Cooker, an authentic,
        miniature, non-working model, was introduced during the year.
 
      - 6,23,200 bonus shares issued in prop. 19:56 on 9.3.91.
 
 1991 - The Company introduced non-stick frying pan during the year. 
 New
        models of pressure cookers and additions to both satilon and
        non-stick cookware were proposed to be added.
 
 1992 - Three new products viz., hard anodised Satilon Handi
 (Saucepan),
        the non-sticking frying pan and the non-stick Tava (Griddle)
 were
        introduced.
 
      - Effective 1st April, PCA Engineers Ltd., a subsidiary of
 Hawkins
        Cooker Ltd., was merged with the Company.  As per the scheme,
 the
        company was to issue and allot its shares to shareholders of
 PCA
        Engineers Ltd.  The shares held by the company in PCA
 Engineers
        Ltd., would be cancelled as per merger, and the company would
        issue 7,12,800 shares to the shareholders of PCA Engineers
 Ltd.
 
 1993 - During the year, six new pressure cookers were launched in
 the
        market.  Of these, one was a stainless steel one with a heat
        diffusing sandwich-bottom, one a 14 litre pressure cooker in
        hawkins Bigboy range for catering institution and four of
        different sizes of Miss Mary pressure cookers, a new brand
        offering the consumer a lower price range.
 
      - 7,12,800 shares allotted to shareholders of erstwhile PCA
 Glasses
        Ltd., 10,57,600 bonus equity shares issued in prop. 1:3.
 
 1995 - Two new pressure cookers viz. 7 litre Hawkins stainless steel
        cooker and the 9 litre Hawkins wide boby pressure cooker were
        launched.
 
 1996 - During the year company has launched three new pressure
 cookers.
        7 litre (Jumbo) Futura Pressure Cooker, 9 litre Futura
 Pressure
        Cooker and 3.5 litre Hawkins Heavybase Pressure Cooker.
 
      - New models of Satilon cookware were also launched during the
        year.  A new type of cookware, Nonstick-on-satilon, was
 launched
        in the Indian market for the first time.
 
      - The Company proposed to issue 10,57,600 Rights equity shares
 of
        Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 25 per share in the ratio 1:4.
 
 1997 - The Company launched two new pressure cookers, a 8 litre wide
        body heavy base pressure cooker and 3.5 litre Mary pressure
        cooker.  New models of Sauce pan in Satilon cookware, Frying
 pans
        in 22cm and 26cm diameters, Sauce pans, Sauce pan and Flat
 Tava
        in Non-stick cookware were also introduced.
 
 
 2002
 
 -Hutoxi Bhesania appointed as Company Secretary of Hawkins Cookers.